Candelabrum



(Nb Model.)

1?. A. KITTELL.

CANDELABRUMQ Patented July 31, 1883.

A UNITED STATES.

FERDINAND A. KITTELL, or"

PATENT OFFICE.

PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CANDELABRUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,458, dated July 31, 1.883.

Application filed February 5, 1883. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that'I, FERDINAND A. KITTELL, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candelabrums; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description. of

the invention, which will enable others skilled its object the arrangements of parts whereby in a candelabrum holding three or more candles the lights may be arranged in a variety of geometrical figures, and two or more candela- Erums arranged to form part or all of a large gure. V

The invention consists in setting 'on a suitable pedestal or upright one or more pivoted cross-bars adapted to hold three or more candles, and suitable means of clamping said bar or bars in any desired position; further, in the pivoting of the bars and so arranging the candle-sockets thereon that in all positions of the bars the candles will be maintained vertically; and, further, in the combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, A designates the upright, forming a socket, in which slides the post or rod B, secured at any height by the set-screw 0. On the top of the post B is a candle-socket,

(1, adapted to receive a candle. Under the socket d the post B is slotted, and into this slot are passed the ends'of the pairs of parallel bars cf 6 f. At the junction of the bars 6 and e a pivot-screw, g, is passed through post B, and at the junction of bars ff a pivotscrew, h, is similarly placed. The bar f has the circular segment i, and barf the segment is, bothof which may be secured by a single setscrew, m. At suitable intervals on the bars e. f and e f the parallelism is maintained by the braces a, each of which'is pivoted at 0 to both bars of each pair. This arrangement keeps the two bars of each pair parallel at all times, and. secures the vertical alignment of all the braces 11, no matter in what position the bars 6 f or e f may be. At the top of each of the braces 12, I place a candle-socket, d.

Thus constructed the candelabrum may be set to advantage in a variety of ways. Taking Fig. 1, the candles may be arranged in a single straight row from upper left to' lower right, from upper right to lower left, or horizontally; or one may be horizontal and the. other half inclined; or the two rows may be arranged as a V, either erect or inverted. If two such candelabruins be used side by side, one may be matched to the. other by raising its post B in the base A and setting the crossbars cor respondingly. A great variety of figures and arrangements can thus be obtained with great ease, and in a .few moments any set arrange- 7o ment can be entirely changed.

The device will be of great utility in churches and such places where candle-illumination is practiced.

The singleacting form is shown in Fig.2, when the segment '5 is formed at the middle of the bar f, the rest of the device remaining as before, without the duplicate bars ef.

I do not confine my invention to the exact construction shown, as that may be varied, and so long as the essential idea of an adjustable cross bar or arm with candle-holders is adhered to, the spirit of my invention is not departed from.

I claim as my invention 1. In a candelabrum, the combination, with an upright standard or pedestal, of adjustable cross'bars pivoted thereto and supporting the candle holders or sockets, substantially as described.

2. In a candelabrum, the combination, with an upright standard or pedestal, of adjustable cross-bars pivoted thereto and supporting the candle holders or sockets, said candle-holders being pivoted to the cross-bars, substantially 5 as described, so as to maintain an upright position.

3. A candelabrum consisting of a support, one or more pairs of parallel bars pivoted in said support, and a number of braces pivoted IOO each to both said parallel bars, and provided with 'candle sockets or holders, substantially as described.

4. A candelabruin consisting of a support, one or more pairs of parallel bars pivoted in said support, a number of braces pivoted each candle-holders and suitable means of adjusting said bars, substantially as described.

5. I11 a candelabrum, the combination of the support B, bars 0 f, pivoted therein at g and h, segment i, clamp-screw m, braces 71, pivoted to said bars at o, and candle-holders d, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 15 my own I have hereunto affiXed my signature in presence of two witnesses. to both said parallel bars, and provided with FERDINAND A. KITTELL.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. PATTERSON, ALBERT H. Monsnn. 

